This article appears in the Dec. 9, 2005 issue of Executive Intelligence Review.
Yes, Dick, You Are a Liar
by Jeffrey Steinberg
Vice President Dick Cheney spent the second half of November ranting against Administration critics who dare accuse him of lying the United States into a disastrous war with Iraq. Speaking on Nov. 21 at the American Enterprise Institute, Cheney snarled that anyone making such accusations is "reprehensible" and practically guilty of high treason. His scheduled 90-minute appearance at the primo neo-con think-tank in Washington, where his wife Lynne is a resident fellow, lasted a total of 19 minutes. Cheney came, he ranted, and he departed, without taking a single question.
The Vice President is a man with something to hide. The simple truth is: Cheney did lie, repeatedly, to bludgeon the U.S. Congress into approving an unnecessary and disastrous invasion and occupation of Iraq. According to several eyewitness accounts, Cheney personally lied to scores of members of the U.S. Senate, claiming that the White House had rock-solid proof that Saddam Hussein was close to building a nuclear bomb, and that war was the only option. No such evidence existed—and Cheney knew it.
Kpete: this terrific article goes on to document Cheney's lies on:
Saddam and al-Qaeda, Atta in Prague, Cheney's Parallel Intelligence Stovepipe, The Libby Draft, Curveball, Rendon Group's Info Warfare
http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2005/3247cheney_lie_dossier.html